Tara Thorne

Tara Thorne (she/her) is a recovering journalist and practicing artist in Halifax. She spent 19 years on staff at the alt-weekly The Coast, 15 on air at CBC Radio in three Maritime cities, and two hosting Nova Scotia’s award-winning premiere arts and culture podcast, The Tideline. Currently Tara coordinates the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival for the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative. Her debut feature film as a writer-director, Compulsus, will be released in Canadian theatres by Vortex Media this summer. Its followup, the ensemble dramedy Lakeview (also with Nicole Steeves producing), is in post.